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Now that it is cold again I'm fiddling with the heater once more. The parts that fixed the ignitor lasted for about 2 starts, leaving me to guess that the transformer must be bad. I checked the electronics with a scope and had a nice big 150Volt spike feeding into the transformer, but it...
I finally got the parts to fix the ignition coil (after getting a quote from Dyna-Curtis for $450 each!!)
I pulled the end cap off and found the circuit board completely embedded in some nasty rubber that was a bit of a pain to get picked out. I eventually had to do both sides which made the...
I'll have to give that a shot.
Another thing I got to wondering about is the altitude adjustment it has in the fuel flow. Being that my house sits at about 7,600 feet I wonder if some adjusting of that might change the fuel/air mix and allow it to burn more cleanly.
Thanks,
Jeff
So after lighting instantly several times & running about 20 hours total I tried to fire it up a couple nights ago and no joy, well a little joy, the engine fired right up with no bleeding, but the burner wouldn't light. I pulled it apart again to check the burner area and it was well and truly...
I thought I should get back to this thread as I've gotten the heater to run pretty consistently now.
The bleeding was pretty easy, tho I must have an air leak somewhere as it needs to be re-bled pretty much every time I run it after it sits for a week. To bleed I pull the air-diverter cover...
I just picked up this Model H-1 heater nsn: 4520-01-135-2770 and was wondering if anybody could point me towards a tech order or some such.
It ran fine when I inspected it, tho it was hard to start. I also ran it for several hours the same day when I got it home (still hard to start). I'm...